Electric Vehicle Infrastructure World 2012 - list of speakers

Kenan Aksular is Chairman Innovation Board at Athlon Car Lease International, a leader of mobility services, currently operating over 240.000 vehicles in 9 European countries with over 1.100 employees. Athlon Car Lease International is part of De Lage Landen B.V. a leading global provider of high-quality asset-based finance products with a...

27 November 1962 Born in Oldenburg (Lower Saxony), Germany 1983 – 85 Retail salesman training programme Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany 1986 – 91 Industrial engineer diploma study programme, FH Druck Stuttgart, Germany 1991 – 97 Press officer; thereafter: Deputy Head of Marketing and Communications, Dürr AG Stuttgart, Germany ...

Johan Ander Global Head of Charge & Dive for Fortum since 2008.

Dr. David Beeton leads a global task force for the International Energy Agency Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Implementing Agreement (IA-HEV) which is shaping a vision and roadmap for future electric vehicle ecosystems. As a Director at Urban Foresight, David works with governments, cities and industry to develop strategy and projects to accelerate...

Graham Brennan is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from University College Galway and later Cranfield University where he studied for an MSc in Thermal Power. He worked initially in the offshore oil and gas sector in Aberdeen and later worked for Rolls-Royce Aero Engines in Derby, UK. From there he joined the Sustainable Energy Authority of...

Tom E. Nørbech is a Senior Adviser in Transnova, which is a Norwegian governmental agency working to curb greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Transnova has contributed to the funding of the large part of the Norwegian charging infrastructure with more than 3000 ordinary charging spots and more than 50 fast chargers. In addition Transnova has ...

Florent Frederix has been working in the Information Society and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission since 2001 and is Head of Sector since January 1, 2006. His sector manages parts of the 7th framework research programme, the policy aspects and international cooperation on RFID and the emerging Internet of Things. Work...

John Gartner is a research director leading Pike Research’s Smart Transportation practice, with a concentration on business and technology issues related to the emerging market for electric vehicles. His research reports include analysis of the markets for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), electric vehicle batteries, start-stop...

Andrew Gilbert is executive vice president of European Innovation Development at Qualcomm. He also serves as a member of Qualcomm’s executive committee. Gilbert joined Qualcomm in 2006 as president of Qualcomm Europe where he provided strategic direction and oversight of all Qualcomm business development and operational activity in Europe and has ...

Terrapinn are pleased to welcome Leonhard as a speaker at this event

Mr. Hansel has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Smith U.S. since inception. Mr. Hansel has been previously involved with several successful technology launches. From 2004 until 2008, Mr. Hansel served as Chief Executive Officer for Evo Medical Solutions. During his term at Evo he successfully launched a number of significant...

He graduated in Business Administration, defending a dissertation on the development of public services in the urban area. He has been Professor of Marketing and communication concerning the mobility sector for the courses organised by the Ministry of the Environment, Enea, SDA Bocconi and Politecnico of Milan. He has been a Member (2002-2006) of...

Terrapinn are pleased to welcome George as a speaker at this event

Will, the man behind TEV, is a respected inventor and expert in battery design. His company, Philadelphia Scientific, provides specialist technology to the battery industry. As a project development engineer at the renowned Westinghouse Electric R&D Center, USA, Jones designed and built an electric vehicle for their new nickel-ion battery -...

Sven-Erik Kratz (M.A.) Born September 20th, 1972 in Köln University: M.A. in Philosophy, Business Economics and Communication Science. Since January 2010 at Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH responsible for Market Strategy & Business Development E-Mobility esp. for Germany. During the period of 01/2010-09/2011 was in the role of a Programme...

John Curtis belongs to the Low Carbon Vehicles and Fuels Team of Transport Scotland. His responsibilities include electric vehicles and infrastructure, hydrogen, biofuels, low carbon vehicles, alternative fuelling infrastructure. Previously, John worked as Private Secretary for the Director General for Justice, in the Scottish Government, and...

Peter Martens, Q-Park NV Corporate Director Business Development, obtained a Master Degree in civil engineering, transportation planning at the Technical University Delft. He held several positions in transportation planning & logistics consulting and marketing and has 40 years of experience in transportation planning and parking. He is...

Senan McGrath is the Chief Technology Officer with ESB eCars, a separate business line established by ESB, the leading electrical utility in Ireland, to roll out a national electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Ireland. A Chartered Electrical Engineer he also holds a Commerce degree. He has held senior management positions with ESB...

Graham Brennan is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from University College Galway and later Cranfield University where he studied for an MSc in Thermal Power. He worked initially in the offshore oil and gas sector in Aberdeen and later worked for Rolls-Royce Aero Engines in Derby, UK. From there he joined the Sustainable Energy Authority of...

Terrapinn are pleased to welcome Björn as a speaker at this event

Johan Mossberg is currently Strategy & Marketing Director for the Electric Vehicle business at Schneider Electric. With a background as a Master of Engingeering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, he joined Schneider Electric in 1996. He has since then worked in the Nordic countries, Spain & France and has over 10 years of...

Olivier is an experienced global automotive executive with special expertise in Sales & Marketing, and Upstream Vehicle Programs. He studied, and started his career in the USA, before moving back to Europe in 1990. For the past 11 years he has held key management positions with Nissan in Europe. During that time he has been General...

Terrapinn are pleased to welcome Mark as a speaker at this event